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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-16
MINNESOTA,

Robert Holmes, farmer living twelve
miles north of Perham, was found dead in
the woods near his home recently His
gun lay beside him and was discharged 1t
is thought that he accidentally shot himself
while out hunting.
Special Agent Lightner, who has been at
the Sissetcn Agency since August, has COM
pleted the work of allotting lands in sew
crafty to Indians of that reserve.
John Mccarthy, tramp who was arrested
recently in ST. Paul on charge of vagrancy,
had in the pocket of his clothes over 800
in currency. He was arrested while impor-
tuning man for twenty five cents to buy
a meal
The sleeping car companies have always
seen to it that the traveller who happens to
be alone in a section when he has paid for
the lower berth only shall gain as little as
possible by his good fortune The upper
berth must be let down in order to prevent
him from getting more than the worth of
his money, though it makes not the slight
est difference to the company or its en-
ployes The State Railway Commission has
addressed a circular to railroad managers in
the State pointing out the absurdity of this
practice and calling for its abolition
A daughter of Henry Kendall, of Roches-
ter, seven years old, while running in a
field recently struck a barbed-wire fence,
the barb penetrating her forehead and kill
ing her.
The hosiery mill of l. E. Realty, at Con-
nersville, was closed few days ago, Mr..
Keatly making an assignment Liabilities
$4O, 1000, with assets aggregating similar
sum.
Israel Ryder, an old Indian trader on the
Upper Reseau river, was shot the other
night by Charles Copnass, an Indian
marauder from the Canadian side.
Matthias Hauer shot and killed his wife
few days ago at st. Paul, but claimed it was
accidental.
The report of the committee appointed to
investigate the charges against ex-Warden
Reed, of the Saltwater penitentiary, wholly
exonerates him.
Thomas Nephew accidentally shot and
instantly killed a young man at Blueberry
the other day Nephew said he thought the
victim was bear.
A citizen of Fergus Falls has perfected
machine with which passenger coaches can
be heated without the use of fire, steam or
electricity, and which will not cause fire
in case of railway accident &
Lou" Murray was convicted at Buffalo
the other day of attempting to assault Miss
Mary Sylvester, and was sentenced to ten
years at hard labor The young woman es-
capped from Murray by jumping from third
story, sustaining severe injuries
James fitzpatrick, one of the largest land
owners and most extensive farmers and
stock-raisers in Southwestern Minnesota.
made an assignment recently. His liabili-
ties were $4,000, and his nominal assets
$50, 000 -..
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-16
TEMPERANCE READING.
THE DEW.DRoP INN.

The DeW-drop Inn inviting stands
With open door and outstretched hands,
And asks the weary passer-by
To stop and drink if he be dry;
To pause, and purchase with his gold,
The poison that will make HIM old
Before his time; for death and sin
Are there to seize who do drop In.
The Dew-drop Inn is furnished fair,
Music splendid. and paintings rare,
And easy chairs where may reeline
The victim as he sips his wine.
Grim death behind the counter stands,
With eyeless sockets and bony hands,
And measures out the liquid sin
To helpless souls who do drop in
High heaps he there in crystal bead
The crimes that to the gallOws lead;
He bids them drain with poisonous breath
Vices that make them long for death.
Perchance they drink, ard as they pour,
They can not stop, but call for more
To Stake the quenchless thirst within;
They thus are served who do drop in.
Soon, soon, alas their gold is gone;
Health. reputation, friends are flown.
All gone but thirst, which seems to grow
And then the tempter bids them go.
They seek the door, there are but two,
To let the palsied victim through,
A jail or aims house; these do win
The luckless souls who do drop in.
j. W. Dean, in Western PEoagmar.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-16
DAKOTA.

Proceedings were recently ordered against
M. A. Upton, of Latin, for cutting timber
from public land
At a meeting in Watertown the other
evening 500, 900 was raised in aid of the
project to establish a Methodist Episcopal
College there sa1<3a.'
Great excitement was caused recently by
the killing OF a mammoth panther near
Washburn. 1t was the largest beast of the
kind ever seen in those parts, measuring
eight feet from tip of nose to tip of tail
At Straubville; recently Daniel McClellen
and D. ]. Jones were found suffocated by
coal gas. a.,..
Governor Church has pardoned John
Lacey from the Sioux Falls ePenitentary
Lacey was convicted of manslaughter in
Mitchell in 1882 and sentenced to twenty
years.
Warrants were issued at Pierre the other
day for the arrest of twenty Indians ON the
Winnebago reservation ON charge of as
sault with deadly weapons. These Indians
sold wood to the whites, received the money
for it, and then drew their revolvers and re-
fused to let them depart with the wood
A grader named Miller, employed on the
Duluth, Wilmar & Sioux Falls railroad grade
at Palisade took can of dynamite into
the blacksmith-shop recently to thaw it
out with the usual result His body was
terribly mutilated
W. and F. Rediske were arrested at Black
River Falls, Wis, recently, charged with
disposing of $4,000 worth of mortgaged
property at Hillsboro, Trail County. and
absconding with the proceeds.
Nine persons were injured in railroad
wreck mile west of Toquois the other
afternoon.
Major A ]. Simmons, president of the
Board of Trustees of the Dakota School of
Mines, says the tin mines of the Black Hills
are attracting more attention than any
other mineral product in the Uzited States
He also, says that ledge of gold was re-
Gently discovered in the Golden Summit
mine, in Palmer's gulcf. eighteen miles
from Rapid City, which will run 800, 900
to the ton, and is the richest streak yet
found in the Black Hills.
H A Goasso has resigned his office as
sheriff Of Fall River County and has been
succeeded by Sam Moses.
Some uneasiness is felt in the Territory
because the supply of coal liz SO low that
it would be insufficient for the wants of the
people in case of protracted spell of cold
weather.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-16
MICHIGAN.


Wells Burt, Detroit millionaire, died of
heart disease while at lunch a few days
ago. He was born near Buffalo, N. Y, in
1918.
The Muskegon Home for the Friendless
has received $500 each from the Chicago q
West Michigan railroad and the Thayer
Lumber Company.
1t is alleged that the State is prosecuting
claims against the Government on account
of swamp lands which will bring 81. OOO. 900
into the State treasury, and that further
suits viii be instituted against certain rail-
roads to recover $50. 900 acrss of land
which they hold through grants of Con-
gress.
Emily Smith, aged seventy two years, has
been sentenced to three months imprison-
ment in Detroit for robbing little girls of
their dolls
The new Detroit Crematorium has begun
operations The body of Mrs Barbara
Schoor, of Millersburg, O., was the first one
treated
Malignant diphtheria has broken out in
the orphan asylum connected with St Jo-
seph's Convent at Marquette.
During the season just ended the Duluth,
South Shore & Atlantic shipped from Mar
quette SO, 091 tons of ore to local furnaces
Lake shipments from Lake Superior mines
| are now ended, the total shipment being
1896, $50 TONS an increase over last year
of 903, 449 tons
c. c. Whitney & Co.'S. cracker bakery in
Bay City was burned a few days ago Loss,
$13, 900; insurance, 5000
A steady flow of natural gas was obtained
the other day, at depth of one hundred
feet, on the land owned by d. l. Campbell,
seven miles north of Detroit
Mine officials report the Calumet & Hecla
ire at last under complete control
Some Genesee County farmers are pre-
dieting that wheat will be one dollar per
bushel before another harvest
A broom factory is one of the recent ad
ditions to Traverse City's manufacturing
industries
AT the Cleveland iron mine, near Ishpem-
ing, Fred Dash was crushed beneath a fall
ing mass of rock and killed few days ago.
Jacob Johnston, a well-to-do farmer of
Brandon township, Oakland County, was
| found dead the other morning under load
of lumber
William Splinter pleaded. guilty in Bay
City the other day to incest with his daugh-
| ter Amelia, aged sixteen years
Eugene M. Converse, Battle Creek law
yer, has pleaded guilty to embezzlement
Charles Matthewson's barn, near Ravenna,
| containing hay, grain, farming implements,
six COWS and two horses, was burned the
other morning. Loss, $4,000
| Over five hundred barrels of flour con-
cealed in the brush on Bots Blanc Island
were found by the United States Marshal the
other day, who went there for the purpose
| of recovering all floating property picked up
| from the wrecked steamer Albany
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-16
IN THE oRPHAN-HOusE.
LEGEND OF CHRISTMAS EVE

They sat at supper ON Christmas Eve.
The boys of the erphan.sehool
And the least Of them all rose up to Saw
Ihe quaint old grace in the old-tisoe Nav
Which had always heen tne rule:
Lord Jesus Christ, BE Thou our guest.
Ana snare the eread which Thou hast blessed.
inc oaken rafters holly bedight
ana Drive in their Christmas guise.
S@sI Shadows down on the fair young face,
an hands clasped close with childish grace,
The reverent wistful eyes;
And for a moment as he ceased
Unheeded smoked the Christmas feast,
The smallest scholar he sat him down,
And the spoons began to clink
In the pewter porringers one by one
But one little follow had scarce begun
When he stopped and said. Il think
And then he paused with a Redeemed cheak
But the kindly master babe him ssSpeakr'
why does The Lord never coneYr
ASKED ire child in a shy soft way:
-, lime after time we have prayed that He
void make one of our company
Just as we did to-day
But He never has come for all our prayer,
do you think He would if 1 set Him chalrfn
'Perhaps who knoweth@' the master said.
And he made the sign Of the cross;
While the Jealous little one gaily sped
ana drew chair TO the tables head
Neatha great ivy boss;
Then turned TO the door as in sure quest
vi the entrance of the Holy Guest
Even as he waited the latch was raised,
The door swung wide, and lol
a pale little beggar-boy stood there
WIN shoeless feet and flying hair
All powdered white with snow.
II have no food I have no he'd,
For Chrtst's sake take me IN, ne said.
Ihe startled scholars were silent all,
The master dumbly gazed;
The shiFerng beggar stood still
Inc snoW-flal5es melting at their will
Powdered and amazed
At the strange hush; and nothing stirred
And no one uttered a welcoming word,
Till. glad and joyful the same dear child
Upraised his voice and said:
''The Lord has heard US, now know.
He could not come Himself and so
He sent this boy instead
Ills chair to fill, His place to take,
For us to welcome for His sake"
Then quick and Jealous every one
Sprang from the table up,
The chair for Jesus ready set
Aeceived the beggar cold and wet,
Each pressed his plate and cup,
Take mine! take mine!" they urged and
prayed
Tne beggar thanked them, half dismayed.
And as he Toasted and quite forgot
His woe in the new content,
The ivy and holly garanded
Hound the old rafters overhead
Broathed forth rich, strange scent,
Ana IL seemed as if in the green-hung hall
all
lovely Legend of olden time,
BE though as true to-day!
The Lord Christ stands by every door
Yelled in the person of His poor,
And all our hearts can pray:
LORD Jesus Christ, De Thou our guest
anu suaFe lhe Ore ad which Thou hast blessed g"
Susan CooHEGs in Vide Aacaks.'
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-16
Persisted IN THEIR HOME.
Mrs. Harris and Six Children Burned to
Death Near Wessincton. ID. L.

HURON, D. T., Dec. ia report reached
here yesterday that the farmhouse
of Michael Harris, fourteen miles
from Washington, burned Saturday night,
and that the entire family of nine persons
was burned 10 death. Another report
SAYS that Mrs Harris and six of her seven
children persisted, and that Mr.. Harris and
the oldest child, daughter, ESCAPED Sc
verely burned No details reached here at
late hour.
The death is announced at Vienna of Mislla
Hauser, the well-known violinist, AMI OF
DR.. Won LANCER, the eminent scientist
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-16
Origin of Some Words.

Mercy and commerce are from the
same root Attach and attack are
etymologically identical. Valet used
to be written vaslet, from vassel, vas
sallet Pontifex probably meant orig
inally pathmaker. Skeptic original
ly implied merely an observer, thence
an enquirer, doubter, unbeliever. Idea,
that which is seen, idol, little image.
little statue. little "that which is
SEEM" Wiseacre, Old Dutch wisesegger,
soothsayer, German wisesager, wise
sayer, weissagen, wizagon. Pabulum
is from the Aryan root pa, through the
latin, and food is from the same root
through the Teutonic language. Pas
ture and fodder are from the same root
through the two channels. -Boston
Journal of EdAcGtiOn
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-16

William J. Armstrong. in the employ of
the National Bureau of Labor Statistics. es-
Inmates that thirteen thousand divorces
have been granted in the State in the past
twenty years. Among the causes assigned
for the divorces desertion is the most prom
nent Following this in the order given Is
cruelty habitual drunkenness and inf
deity
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-16
Three Masked Men Rifle an Express Car
i'm Arkansas, Secure $4,000 and Es-

i'm Arkansas, Secure $4,000 and Es-
cape.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, Dec ia north
bound passenger train on the st Louis, Ar
kansas Texas railroad was boarded Sat
urday night by three masked men at Ge-
noa, small station ten miles from Texar-
kama They mounted the engine and
compelled the engineer to stop at the
dense woods, two miles from the station,
and then forced him to go before and
break in the express-car door The mes
senger was oyerpowered and compelled
to unlock his SIZES, from which, it
is stated, the robbers secured $40
600 and escaped into the forest without
disturbing the PASSENGERS or mail
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-16

LIQUOR men have dollars at stake
Christian men have sons at stake.
Which are the most valuable?
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-16

A New York photographer poses
the mouths of his female patrons before
the camera by making them say some
word over several times while the
picture is being taken. He has differ
ent words for different kinds of mouths
When pleasant, bland and serene
mouth is wanted he makes the woman
say Blossom If she wants a naughty
and distinguished attitude of mouth
she says ''brush.' Clip makes a
large mouth look small and cabbage"
enlarges the mouth. An air of interest
ing melancholy is caused by the pro-
nunciation of ''kerchunk," and for an
expression of sweetness and resigna-
ton IS cat'' is the word.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-16

The Metlakhatla Indians who went
with Duncan to Alaska returned re-
Gently to their former village, and be-
fore the authorities could be called in
to prevent them they dismantled large
and handsome church and got away be-
fore being arrested.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-16
Importinp Potatoes.

New YORK, Dec. 12-Scotch potatoes,
with some consgnments of the same veg
etable from Ireland, are being imported in
considerable quantities This is the frs5e
time that this has been the case for five
years. although off and On there have
been small cargoes brought oyer and dis
posed of in this city The present move
ment of the Scotch product began about
month ago, and since then potatoes have
been arriving at the rate OF 80, 600 sacks
week The stock Brought oyeris of better
quality than the native product this year.
A woman named Swawensen, of Council
Bluffs while drawing water slipped and
fell into the wei. breaking her neck
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-16

Monkeys in Eastern countries are
said to acquire such fondness for
opium that they will habitually smoke
any that may be left in the pipe when
the master lays it down, and when de-
prived of it viii suffer from nervous
ness and depression
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-16

A LEADING California newspaper
has the following winning advertise.
ment: Ladies, drop into the Liquid
Fuel Lunch Room, fitted up expressly
for you. The same paper in its police
report, announces q woman picked up
in the street 'dead drunk. She was
one. evidently, of those who had ac.
cepted that polite invitation. Liquid
Fuel!'' That is good, not the place, but
the name. STANDARD.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-10-02

s,1ing ~ tsndz % shs building up q
that an1nzfry.
Hcping % henr from you. ! am. very
respoctfzlly yDurs,
en1IH EnxxMAs-
This letter d vaInahle a. illustrating
what may be acrompHizhed On TIE ar
tinbes land G. sh0t-clsys'l n same
localities. II 0nr friend hnd statsd
whether his land had been nnnnnrea
and. Il 20. at what cost and how he
cultivated IL. tie reader oonld than
have judged better ss 70 probahas prnc-
ticai results ON this kind Il land. The
sampls q corn that accompanied he
shove lst1eF vas certainly xsry Gns.
and vel worth growing for table uss
or for canning o. for ensilaes, but We
doubt 4 corn win svsr be utilized Is .
sagnr-pEodncing plant-enyway, not
IN . country whsre the sugar boss VIII
thrive as Il does here.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-10-02

Out fn The twilirht soft ana aim
Sat Deacon Jones By his eenfIe eow
And be hummed % himself ! good Oh
hymn,
And q look q peace was upon his
brow.
And he MIXED away with . steady pull
while his Gov breatked forth some
low-toned groansl
I'LL his pail with snowy milk was fun,
Then she kicked Il over upon Deacon
Jones.
Cried Deacon Jones, :. You're 4 DID
old fool ~
As be wiped his face with = hssty
rub,
And he threw ct the COW his milking
stool,
And he reached close BY for 9 young
oak club.
Then his gentle COW with her loud
toned groans,
And Deacon Jones with his angry
Danced the Highland ding ever sticks
and stones.
And the Scottish reel and the Ger
man bowl Exchange
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-10-02
WY JonH aWuRR


II was g dreadfuIly hot day In July
and our men FOLKS we're hayinG. NJ
John came in the house and says he:
{" Betsy, where Is my other hat, the
one with the broad rim1"
Says l, Peggy wore your hat over
70 Miss Blye's. Peggy l. our hired
girl
Well, he was as mad as hornet and
said, Confoand It'll" (tknt e the only
swear word my John usesl Il wish
everybody would let my hat alone.
III be bowed If / want 70 wear Q hat
after Il has been on everybcdy's head. -
Peggy was the everybody
Said l, "In call her 10 bring Il
back"
"No.n said he, 81 won't wear Il Il
you do" and away he went back 70
Ny John never loses his temper nm
less he gets very much "het" up, or
riled, - Il were. / often wonder what
some men would do II they had to bfoil
themselves over Q hot stove in q small
kitchen getting good dinner, with
the thermometer Tioting In the nine
ties. Betsy Walker.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-10-02

The New York Tribune .ays:

The New York Trihuns says:
Commenting o. he pubizShsd state
ment that At the recent annual raunian
and banquet Of the Alumni Association
o. the University Of Illinois, ffsrmeEly
industrial the discussion empka.
sized the desirAhiiity q combating he
idea that the institution Wns formed
Z. Tor teaching boys how 70 milk. 8
leading Agricultural paper 0f the
State. The ChieagD Fsrmerss Re
vieW, says.
This snsar At TIE praesical iahora
on thu farm fairly nlnaarasss the atkf
tude which the institution has main
tanned toward industrial education and
pursuits sinee its hrHt es4ahli1hmenf
and which illuminated two years aR6
Ia the elimination from tie nnme ~
fhe institution Of everything which
conveyed q hint a the purpose for
which e was endowed BIZ the General
Government. Instead a LAYING ia
Work along the lines II ngnculfure and
mechanic arts, as was Clearly intended
b the set Of Congress, Il kas SOUGHT %
rival the dozens Of other colieres il
the State whose courses run entirely %
me classics, htersture and the natural
sciences
Further evidence in the same dlrec-
ton appears In . study Of the COM
mencement exercises, and q The Re
view deduces severe but Just cen
elusion.
From chs sisusiisn which, until re-
formed, must Btand 70 the disgrace 81
the great State Of Illinois, Il Is pleasant
and encouraging 10 turn to the Iowa
A nTfnprlfg4zaH~ GsS71faS.a - ~-As.A "a
president, DR.. w. /. Chamberlain,
writes to q The Country Gen1Ieman. y
apropos Of the recent invitation ex-
become It's Professor Of Agriculture:
Practically and scientifically he i,
In his department, one Of the strongest
men IN the United States. His coming
here win help TO Plant this college
squarely and firmly on the industrial
foundation laid By Congress for IL and
Tor an similar colleges and universi-
ues. The people Of Iowa de not mean
TO have agriculture and the mechanic
arts the mere tai to the kite Of 50
called university the bulk Of whose
work shall be given to the high-toned
callings."
Whenever we become q State, then
the munihcent provisions Of Congress
win be available for establishing Wash.
ington's great industrial University.
II will behooFe tie farmers 70 look 10
1t sharply that the industrial and agtI.
cultural features intended to be estah-
lished by Congress be net also " elm.
mated " from the institution, a. was
done In Illinois.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-10-02
RAcMxLs cHIcxxMA


Ma. +. MKKKER: I would like 20 ask
Of the female portion OF the agricul
turNl depaTtment--for surely there Is
. female poruOn-what q the hens
Are any sfckG And do they rattle In
the throat and whoop somewhat -
children do with the croupf Wen,
mine do. Not hens only, but little
and big Of both sexes. At first ] was
at loss for a remedy. and lost several
cheice fowls before ! succeeded in
checking the disease.
Finally I gave aconite and creased
their threats with kerosene. This gave
relief in q very short time. Since then
! have given turpentine mixed with .
teacupfilI q cornmeal thai bad been
vet With water. Feed il to the sick
ones In moderate doses, not too large,
two OF three times a day. Make them
take Il, even II you have % poke il
down their throstz. In three days
they VIII be vel
Ihaxe been much interested in the
Agricultural department 81 the P0sF-
IrrxtI1axxcxR. bat would like 10 hear
nom the women Of that department.
lea rs hear q their successes and fall
ures. az how they succeed In keep
inr up their reading what they read
and when they read; for, n0swith-
standing the multtzdinouz cares and
duties q 3 farmers wife. she Is not
the mere machine that souas suppose
her 70 be, but Is endowed with Intel
tect ard strong desire for improvement
and i earnestly striving af8er higher.
rarer plane q living, lust - do many
other pennla who do nos i've On farms.
Consequently we feed that an later
ehanee al thoaxhf and an occasional
rncipe, possibly FOR pickles, would be {
real henSdt al around
What say yca. Mr.. Edisorf shall We
have itf Respectfully suenltted
HAcHKl-
Commenting upon Rachsls letter
Jane says none Of her chickens ara
SEA. she always surns them cut a